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LINKING DIVERSITY IN THE SKILL WORKFORCE STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES.

Stem workforce diversity

Bello-Pintado, Bianchi

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Excerpt

This paper offers a comprehensive and deep analysis of the relationship between skill diversity in the workforce and the technological innovation activities of industrial firms. We stress the relevance of breaking down the concept of diversity into more accurate dimensions–variety and separation–that have different effects on technological innovation. We distinguish technological innovation–both embodied in artefacts and disembodied–to understand the specific effect of diversity skill workforce dimensions on technological …